Last friday the shuttle Discovery launched into orbit signalling the beginning of STS-128. The launch couldn’t have gone smoother, as you can see from the video below: There’s a couple…
Is there something that you’ve always believed, whether it was something told to you as a child or a fact you just “know”, that despite evidence to the contrary you…
Maybe I’m just a chauvinist but I believe that many of the chivalrous behaviours and values that the traditional gentleman upheld still ring true to this day. Whilst I am…
I’ve never really been a big reader of books. Whilst I read through reading that was assigned to me during my studies I rarely ventured out and looked for books…
As the old saying goes the road to hell is paved with good intentions. The Rudd government in their infinite wisdom and lust for slashing government spending after election turned…
Back in the early days of my experience with IT I wasn’t much of a programmer. For the most part my experience was limited to tinkering with various bits of…
Last night during my weekly drinks with friends the topic of Twitter came up. Whilst I can’t profess to being one of those ahead of the trend hipsters who were…
It’s not everyday that you get a company coming forward and firmly stating that they are going to provide orbital capabilities to anyone who has the money. Space Adventures is…
It’s easy to get lost in the idea that the whole world is close to what you have experienced. Realistically the only thing we have to go by is what…
Engineers are special people when it comes to normal everyday things in life. Pretty much anything that’s brought before them is instantly seen as a system that can be worked…